Luke Arnold was born in Australia and has spent the last decade acting his way around the world, playing iconic roles such as Long John Silver in the Emmy-winning Black Sails and his award-winning turn as Michael Hutchence in the INXS mini-series Never Tear Us Apart. When he isn't performing, Luke is a screenwriter, director, novelist, and ambassador forSave the Children Australia. The Last Smile in Sunder City is his debut novel.
"[T]he focus on meticulous worldbuilding and highly detailed
backstory as well as the cast of fully developed and memorable
characters are unarguable strengths....The first installment of an
effortlessly readable series that could be the illegitimate love
child of Terry Pratchett and Dashiell Hammett."--Kirkus
"A marvelous noir voice; Arnold has captured the spirit of the
genre perfectly and wrapped it around a fantasy setting with
consummate skill."--Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones
"A richly imagined world...Winningly combining the grit of
Chinatown with the quirky charm of Harry Potter, this series opener
is sure to have readers coming back for more."--Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
"This off-piste detective story set in a magical world, now in
meltdown, has verve and charm in abundance and a rough diamond hero
with quite a story to tell."--Andrew Caldecott, author of
Rotherweird
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